Mission Statement

At 3rd Sector Strategies, we believe successful development efforts can achieve immediate goals, plus enhance the image, strength and sustainability of our clients. We will offer services that nonprofit organizations can use separately or as a comprehensive package. Whatever the needs of our clients, we will focus on the long-term success and structure for each project or campaign in order to maximize results.

Grant Proposal Research & Preparation

Our staff has over 25 years of combined success operating within the nonprofit sector, which provides 3rd Sector Strategies with valuable experience in the way foundations and government agencies award grants. We emphasize the worth of your project or program to the community and how it will bring about significant changes to your organization and the clients your organization serves. All grant proposals are built on careful analysis and thorough research, and is written by our equally effective and competent grant writers.

Strategic, Business, and Succession Planning

Planning and feasibility studies are thorough and include all key constituencies, beginning with current and prospective major donors, governing board members, top administrators, staff and, of course, those who benefit from the organization's services. Accelerated planning is available should a client need it. By involving key volunteer and staff leadership, the planning and feasibility study process gives your organization an accurate picture of its key advocates and likely leaders, and encourages their united and enthusiastic endorsement of the campaign.

Staff and Board Development Services

A well-functioning Board of Directors is essential for nonprofit organizations, not only to meet legal requirements, but also to successfully achieve your goals. In general, nonprofit boards are instrumental in developing organizational policy, providing oversight to ensure the organization's mission is fulfilled, and keeping the organization financially healthy.

It is also essential that the staff members you hire and the individuals who volunteer to assist your cause are given the appropriate training in order for them to be effective and help obtain the organization's goals. This involves identifying unmet staff training needs and then designing, developing and delivering relevant training activities.

Marketing Services

A marketing campaign is a coordinated, concerted, multi-channel effort to get certain people to take an action. Marketing starts by defining a desired action for a specific audience within a marketplace and plans backward from there. In order to succeed, marketing campaigns must deliver a message many times, over time, and in many forms.